SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Glass Ceiling, Civil Rights Act Of 1964
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Women had more than 10. 3 million cosmetic procedures, 91% of the total. billion+ spent on cosmetic procedures in 2013. Labor force participation: 57. 7% of women, 70. 2% of men. Glass ceiling: invisible barrier of discrimination that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual into the highest positions of an organization, recently, 12% of richest americans identified by forbes were women. Median pay for men working full time ,398. Median pay for women ,791 or 77% as much as men issue of reduced experience often due to time taken off for raising children. 1/3rd explained other social roles and obligations. Less than 1/3rd due to difference in industry, occupation, union status between. The remainder can be attributed to discrimination men and women. Equal pay act of 1965 and title vii of civil rights act of 1964. All types of discrimination are illegal, yet discrimination persists.
